Takumi Ohshiro

Takumi Ohshiro (大城 卓三, Ohshiro Takumi, born February 11, 1993) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Takumi Ohshiro
Ohshiro with the Yomiuri Giants
Yomiuri Giants – No. 24
Catcher
Born: (1993-02-11) February 11, 1993
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 30, 2018, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics
(through 2022)
Batting average.258
Home runs43
Runs batted in168
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
World Baseball Classic
Gold medal – first place 2023 Miami Team

Career

On November 16, 2018, he was selected for the Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[1]

On June 3, 2020, it was announced that Ohshiro and Giants teammate Hayato Sakamoto both tested positive for COVID-19.[2]

References

  1. "8日の「2018日米野球」参加メンバー決まる". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  2. "Yomiuri Giants' Sakamoto, Oshiro Positive for Coronavirus" nippon.com


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